Manifolding sales-book.



No. 756,308. PATENTED APR. 5, 1904.. L. G. WHITNEY. MANIFOLDING SALES 300 K. APPLIOATiOH ruin A G. 11.1963. no MODEL. a'snsms-sxmn'm.

UNHED? STATES rammed April 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

MANEFQLDING SALES-BOOK- SPECIFICATION forming art of Letters Patent a... 756,308, dated April 5, 1904. Application filed August 11,1903. Serial na'ieaoez. on model.)

To all .whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LiNwooD GLWHITNEY, acitrzen of the United States, andaresident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manifolding Sales-Books, of which the followingis aspe'cification.

The invention relates to improvements in manifold check-books; and it consists in the novel features-hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of theinvention is to produce a novel check-system book capable of convenient and efficient use and adapted in the preferred form ofthe book to give two duplicate checks for each transactionrecorded upon the original check.

In its preferred form the book of my invention comprises a pad of checks to be used as duplicates and a pad of original checks, with convenient means for holding and manipulating the two sets ofchecks, the said checks being numbered and spaced, as here' inafter more fully described.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top'view of an open checkbook embodying the features of my invention, one of the original checks being shown as having been turned upon the pad of duplicate checks, so that the writing upon the said original check may be transferred by carbonsheets to the duplicate checks. Fig. 2 is a like view of same, partly broken away, the originalcheck numbered 1 in'Fig. 1 beingin Fig. 2 shown as havingbeen turned under the pad oforiginal checks. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of one leaf of the pad of duplicate checks-that is, two checks of the'same character produced from the one original, one i of these two checks being a duplicate and the other a,triplicate the leaves for the dupli cate checks being folded inwardly or doubled, as shown inFig. 3. Fig; 4 isa longitudinal section through the open" check-book on the dotted line/L 4 of Fig. 1.

5 verse section through one portion of the open Fig. 5;is a trans-- book on the dotted line 5 5 of Fig: 2.. Fig. 6

isa transverse section through a portion of i the book'on the dotted line 6 6 of Fig.2, and Fig. 7 is a detached perspective view of the carbon-sheets.

In the drawings, 10 1 1 denote theusual bookcovers connected by a flexible binder 12 of usual character. Upon one edge of the cover 10 is secured a spring-clip 13 for holding the pad 14 of duplicate checks -upon said cover 10. The pad 14 of duplicate checks is composed of any suitablenumber of leaves 15, bound to I its inner edge extends beyond the check 17,

thereby forming a stub 20 to be engaged by the fasteners 16 in making up the pad .14. The leaf 15 adjacent to the portion 20 is perforated along the-line21for enabling the con-' venient detachment of the check 18. The checks 17 18 will preferably be simply plain sheets of paper having preferably along one edge a series of ruled spaces, in the upper one of which, as shown in Fig. 3, will be perma nentlyprinted the word Waiter,-'and in this space, (numbered 22,) below the word .Waiter, will be applied a character, such as a number, for illustration 1, to denote the waiter possessing the book. Below the space 22 will preferably be arranged in a space 23 the words Guest-check No., with a blank foly lowing the same to receive the number of the a original or guest check used in connection with the checks 17 18. Below the space 23 is printed in the space 24 Table No, with a blank space following the sameto receive the number of the table at which the Waiter possessing the bookislocated, and below the space 24 is provided a space 25, on which will be. printed a number, such as 528,-,and also a number, such as 28, this space 25 also containing. a letter, in the presentim stance A. The number 528 denotes the number of thechec k in the series of checks.

I' 17 and 18 belong together in series.

printed and supplied. to the dining-room, while the number '28 denotes that the check bearing 'it is the twenty-eighth check in; the an supplied to the waiter. The checks 17 18 are correspondingly spaced and provided with the words and characters 'above indicated, with the-exception that the space .25 of. the check 18 instead ofbearing the letter A willbear the letter Bi and instead "in of bearing the check-number 28 will bear the check-number .29, and instead of bearing the number -.528, will bear the next higher number, the "A,and B simply denoting that in the hands of the auditor checks The tnumber'528 on check 17 denotes the serial number of thej-check in the series printed. The numbers 28 and 29? on the checks 18- are serial check-numbers in the pad vzq supplied-to' the waiter, and by reason of their ;;;flfollowi ng in consecutive order it will be possible to use the check-book for giving out either duplicate checks or single checks. The 14, in. addition to comprising the leaves 215' ;;alS0-06mprise-two carbon-sheets 26 27, se-

' the fasteners 16 at the edge of the- ,padgthe color side of the carbon-sheets 26 27 :facingdownwardly and-the outer edge of the :Shfit 26 extending outwardly to the line of 3 spaces 22, 23, 24, and 25, while the carbonsheet 27 extends outwardly to the perforated line-19 at the extremeouter edge of the check '18. When ithe"'pad -l4, containing, for in-.

V stance-, .fifty of-the leaves" 15, is employed, .35 two carbon, cats 26 27 should be provided at the top of of the, pad-two similar carbon-sheets should tau-sander}; between the leaves 15, because bit-the pad is half consumed the two s 'topcarbon'sheets 26 27 will have served their usefulnessiand the intermediate carbon-sheets :will "be required for making the necessary du-' 'plicatesin-usingiup the entire pad 14. After anentine pad 14"has been consumed the'stub of same will be removed from the clip 13 and a fresh pad inserted beneath said clip. The pad 14 thus comprises simply .a series of the folded leaves 15 'and one or more sets of car- I hon-sheets 26 27, and the checks 17 18, aflt'orded .5 by-the pad '14, will be delivered by the waiter I to the departments requiring them in the dining-room servicesueh, for instance, as one check 17 being delivered to and retained by "the operator at the dumb waiter, while the check-1'8 will be forwarded toand held by the person-in charge of the kitchen.

The checks 17 18 are used in the book of my -invention in connecti'on. with original checks 29, apad of which willbe secured be: tween the covers 1O 11 in position to be re- "'-turned one after another downwardly upon the pad 14, as represented in Fig. 1, in which one of the checks 29 is shown as having been applied upon the pad 14 and written upon. The original checks are perforated at one end,

e pad, and in about the middle I wire bent into hook form and sec so that they may be strung upon the wire holder or curved pivot 30, and upon the front face of these checks 29 are ruled the series of spaces 31, 32, and 33, respectively, the spaces 31 to be filled out by the Waiter in denoting the number of portions of any article that may be ordered, while the spaces 32 are to have 'written in them the charater of the goods ordered, and in the spaces i33'will be written the prices of the articles designated in the. spaces 32,- and the total of the amounts given in the spaces 33 will be the amount to be collected from the guest. The pad of original checks extendupon the cover 11 when the book is opened, and the pad 14 of checks 17 18 is wholly upon the cover 10.

For, the purpose of detachably securing and conveniently manipulating the checks 29 I provide the wire hook 30, upon which the checks 29 may bestrung, and also a frame 34, of sheet metal, fastened at one end to the book-cover and having vertical lips 35 35, between which the pad of loose checks 29 may be housed while held at the end bythe wire holder 30. The main body of the frame 34 is elevated above the cover, to which it is secured, as shown in Fig. 5, so as to form a space 36 between its lower surface and the adjacent surface of said cover, and this space'I utilize for temporarily receiving some of the checks 29 when occasion so requires, as hereinafter explained. The lips 35 of the frame 34 center and aid in maintaining the pad of checks 29 in proper condition, and when it is desired to use one of the checks 29 the book is opened and the then top check 29 (which when the book is closed is at the bottom of the pad of checks 29) is turned over upon the pad 14, as shown iii Fig. 1, and if occasion should require the ,waiter to retain and swiveling it on the holder 30 below the frame 34, this "frame 34 being preferably formed with an upwardly-turned lip 37 at its right-hand end to aid in guiding the check 29 below said frame 34. In Fig. 1 I show the first check 29 as having been turned upon the pad 14 and used, and in Fig. 2 I illustrate the same check 29-as having been turned under the frame 34. The checks 29 will bear the word Waiter and his number or other designationas, for illustration, the numeral -as indicated at the top of the check in Fig. 1, and the checks 29 will also be serially numbered, the first check to be used, this being at the bottom of the pad, bearing the-numher 1. 1

v The holder 30 comprises a rigid iece of at one faces of thecover 10. '-ployed inconnection-with a-leaf-spring 38 and 'tube- 39, t-he spring 88 being riveted, as at it). to the back cover and the tube 39 being carried by the spring and projected through an p 30 facing the pad 14 being elevated above the adjacent sin-- The holder 30 is emaperture in said cover, said who normally extending upwardly upon the receiving end of the holder 30 and its purpose being to prevent the'accidental detachment of the checks 29 from said holder. \Vhen the checks 29 are to be applied to the holder 30, the attendant will .pull downward on the free end of the spring 38, so as to withdraw the tube 39 down- Wardly, and he will then introduce the checks 29 upon the holder 30, after which the'spring 38 will'be released and the tube 39 thereby restored to its position (shown in' Fig. i) to lock the checks29 upon the holder 30. The tube 39 constitutes, in effect, apart of the holder 30, which is thus made sectional and extends from the cover 10 to the frame 3 the construction being such that the holder may be readily opened and closed for the reception and retention of the checks and that the said checks may have a hinged movement on said holder, as well as a swiveling movement, when it is desired to insert said checks from below said frame. hen the checks 29 are turned upon the pad 14 and used and then swiveled to positionbelow the frame 34:, they are held upon the said tube 39, as illustrated in Fig. 4, while the checks 2), constituting the general pad, is at the base end of the main body of the holder 30. The book in its preferred form thus comprises the covers 10 11, the pad 1% of leaves 15 furnishing the waiterchecks and the series of checks 29, adapted to be turned downwardly upon the pad 1-1 when desired andwhen desired inserted below the frame 34, by which the checks 29 are held. The checks 29 arestrung upon the holder M) and loosely held at one end thereby, and these checks will have Written upon them the orders given by guests, these orders being transferred by the carbon-sheets 26 27 to the checks 1? 18. The checks 17 18 will be delivered to the departments requiring them and the checks 2'.) will bedelivered by the waiter to the cashier or other proper person.

In the employment of the book the waiter will first unfold the check 17 of the top leat' 15 and then retold it between the carbon-sheets 26 27, and thereupon he will turn one of the checks 29 over upon the top carbon-sheet '26 to the position shown in Fig. 1. whereupon he will Write upon the check 20 the orders given by the guest, and this writing will be transferred through the medium oithc carbonsheets 26 27 to the checks 1? is. The waiter end to the frame 3-1:, as more clearly illustrated l the original checlr, and the numberot the table 1n Flg; 4:, the end ot t-lns holder in the spaces provided for that purpose atthe outer edge of the check 17, and this'writingot 5 will also apply his number, the number of saidnumbors will be transferred by the carhon-sheet Z? to "the spaces provided i'i'irthe same at theouteredge ot' the check It! ',l.h ereupon the waiter will first detach the check 17 along the perforated line 19 and then detach the check 18 along the perforated lineiZl and deliver these two checks to the proper departments. If the waiter should have no further transactitms with the guest, the check 29 written upon would then be turned in to the cashier: but if the guest should conclude to order something in addition the waiter would untold the check 17 of the second leat' 15 and then retold it in between the two carhon-sheets 26 27, restoring the check 29 upon the carbon-sheet 26, and thereupon any addltional articles desired would liewrittenljrv the waiter upon the check .29 and the dupli- 7 unlimited number of the duplicate checks 1? below the trame 34 or withdraw said checks 155 may be issued, these checks 1? 18 all havil'ig applied upon them the number of'the original check with which they have been used, so that the auditor may be enabled to bring together the original check and all of the duplicate checks 1? 18 utilized in connection with it. If after supplying the guest with a part oi his order (designated on the exposed check 29 in Fig. ii the waiter should be required to serve at another table. he would turn the said exposed check 29 upwardly below the elevated 'lrau'ne ii to the position in which said check is illustrated in Fig. 2 and then turn the second one of the pad of checks 29 upon the pad lat, seeing that the upper check 1? ol the top leaf 1?) is placed between the carbo1'1-slu.. ets it; 2?. The waiter would thereupon write upon this second check 21) in the same manner as he did upon the lirst check 29 and issue lheduplicatichecks 1? 1H. It'the waiter then had to use the first check 25) again, he would turn the said second check 29 under the elevated 'l'rzune hi'. or throw it back upon the pad of (:ll 'h's 22) at his option and restore the first check 29 upon the pad 1% to receive any further writing required. If the waiter had not been required to again use the lirst check 29, but to serve a third guest, he would leave the lirstchork 2!) below the fraancirtand insert the second check 2.) below said frame zhill ld turn the third clu-rlt iifiloi' the pad over upon the pad 14 and repeat for the third guest the operation above explained for the lirst and se ond guests served. It will thus be seen that the waiter holdirg the book niayserve any number of tables with the utmost convenience, issuing as many checks 17 18 for one original check as maybe required.

WhatI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A manifold sales-book comprising the pad 14 composed of leaves 15 secured together at one edge and each folded inwardly u-pon itself along the weakened line 19 to form checks 17 18 which are provided with corresponding spaces along their outer edges, and the carbon-sheets 26, 27 of different widths and one upon the other and secured at the stub edge of and upon said pad, the sheet 26 being adapted to lie upon the checks 17 and to extend only out to the spaces provided at the outer edge portion of said checks, and the sheet 27 being adapted to lie between said checks 17, 18 and to extend outwardly over the spaces at the outer edge portion of said check 18, said leaves each having a weakened line 21 adjacent to'its stub end and said checks being detachable along said weakened lines 19, 21, combined with a series of original checks for use in connection w'th said pad and each of which is of suitable width to lie upon said carbonsheet 26 when ritten upon without covering the space at the outer edge of check 17; substantially as set forth.

2. A manifold sales-bookpomprising the pad 14 composed of leaves 15 secured together at one edge and each folded inwardly upon itself along the weakened line 19 to form checks I 17, 18, and the carbon-sheets 26, 27, one uponthe'otherand secured at the stub edge of and upon said pad, one of said sheets being adapted to lie upon the check 1'7 and the other between the checks 17 18, said leaves each hav-,

ing a weakened line 21 adjacent to its stub end and said checks being detachable along said weakened lines 19, 21, combined with a .York and State of New York, this 10th day or:

August, A. D. 1903.

' LINWOOD G. WHITNEY.

VVitne'sses:

CHAS. C. GILI ARTHUR MARION. 

